Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

A naive youth leader is appointed to fill a vacancy in the U.S. Senate. His idealistic plans promptly collide with corruption at home and subterfuge from his hero in Washington, but he tries to forge ahead despite attacks on his character.

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is a 1939 drama comedy movie directed by Frank Capra, starring James Stewart, Jean Arthur, Claude Rains. It holds an IMDb rating of 8.1/10 from 129,565 votes and runs 2h 9m.